2024 Best Music Education Schools in Massachusetts
3Colleges in Massachusetts
149Music Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
Music Education is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #151 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of music education. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 149 degrees in music education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of music education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Music Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Music Education Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the music teacher education degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Massachusetts Schools in Music Teacher Education
Boston University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music education. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were about 88 music education students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year.
Bridgewater State University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in music education. Located in the suburb of Bridgewater, Bridgewater State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 26th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 7 music education students who graduated with this degree at Bridgewater State in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in music education has to look into Gordon College. Gordon College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Wenham. This college ranks 45th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 25 music education students who graduated with this degree at Gordon College in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of music education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Music Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
